Gloria carter biography

American motorcyclist and motorcycling activist

Gloria Carter Spann (née Carter; October 22, 1926 – March 5, 1990) was an American motorcyclist and activist.

Gloria carter biography

Spann was a sister of the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter. She was noted as one of the first women inducted into Harley-Davidson’s 100,000 Mile Club, was named Most Outstanding Female Motorcyclist in 1978 and worked as an activist for motorcycle rights.

Early years

Gloria Carter was the second of four children, and the first daughter born to James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894–1953) and Lillian Gordy Carter (1898–1983) and was two years younger than her brother, Jimmy.

When Jimmy was small, he pronounced her name "Go Go", a nickname which stuck.^[1] By many accounts, including her mother's, Gloria was the smartest, most interesting,^[2] most attractive, most outgoing, and most talented of the Carter children.

As children competing for the affections of their par